Android app store provider hits Google with fresh lawsuit alleging monopoly and 'anticompetitive chokehold' on rivals

Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG GOOGL Google is facing a new U.S. antitrust lawsuit after Aptoide accused it of stifling competition in ...

Google sued by rival app store Aptoide over alleged monopoly

By Jonathan Stempel April 14 (Reuters) - A new antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday accuses Google of shutting out rival Android app ...
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Lisbon App Store Rebel Smacks Google With San Francisco Monopoly Showdown

Google is facing yet another fight over its Android empire, this time in a San Francisco federal courtroom where a Portuguese ...
Android Authority

Amazon pulls the plug on its Android app store that you never used anyway

Amazon will shut down its Android device app store in August 2025. Users will no longer be able to download or use apps from the Appstore on Android after the deadline. Amazon Fire devices like the ...

5 Popular Apps You Might Not Realize Are Owned By Google

Google has a hand in just about every part of daily life, and its reach just keeps growing. You might not have even realized ...

Google Play just turned into TikTok, and it's the worst thing to happen to app discovery

Now, it’s spread to the Play Store with the rollout of Play Shorts. An app marketplace is supposed to be a utility. I open ...
Android Authority

Android 15’s app archiving feature works with all Android apps, unlike the Play Store’s version

Android 15’s new app archiving feature works with apps distributed as both APKs and Android App Bundles. In contrast, the Google Play Store’s app archiving feature only works with apps distributed as ...